tryin to use Xwin on windows XP with a remote window manager on Linux

John Vincent jpv50@hotmail.com
Thu Jun 5 14:49:00 GMT 2003


Hi,

What I'd like to do is run Xwin on my windows XP box, and run the window 
manager on my linux box. I assumed that all I'd have to do is set the 
DISPLAY environment variable to point at my x-server, then run "startkde" to 
run the window manager. Unfortunately, the Xwin server is refusing 
connections. I've tried running "xhost +" on the windows machine, but this 
does not appear to have any effect unless I'm already running a window 
manager - which defeats the whole point.

So, does anyone know how to make "xhost +" work when there is no window 
manager, or alternatively is there any other way to get Xwin to accept 
connections?

Thanks in advance
/John Vincent.

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